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Kikki
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Posted: Sep 14, 2018 5:50 am
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UNoT Extreme Mooomber
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I know Torna is supposed to be playable first, so they had to do it, but I've only played the start, and there's a lot of tutorials I have no need for since I've already played XC2.
Otherwise, it's very nice...the scenery in this one area feels quite different than anything else, and I'm noticing the music more than I ever did in XC2. Dunno if that means it's more distinct, or if I just like it better. I really like the 'community' function, too, that feels more like XC1 and XCX in a small way. Also...I get to spend so much time with my favourite XC2 character, whee. 
But about a certain character's voice (I'm still in about the first hour):
Also, this is just a note that I think there's something different about collection points, but...
Having trouble with what should be a minor side quest, too.
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Mikodesu
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Posted: Sep 14, 2018 6:37 pm
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Crazy Cow Herder
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Only played a couple of hours so far, but it's nice to be back in this world.  Really enjoying it! If anyone finding this thread is considering getting the Torna story BEFORE playing the main game, personally I wouldn't recommend it.  Spoilers aside, the pacing of the Torna story really feels set up for DLC, not an introduction to this world and its conventions. @Kikki: About the collection points, Main game story spoiler... I was surprised to see so many side quests pop up so early. Even if the game ends up shorter than advertised, it seems like it'll end up filling out pretty nicely. *fingers crossed*
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Kikki
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Posted: Sep 15, 2018 1:08 pm
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I just finished. Without giving any details or references or anything, my end impression is that I didn't see the story I was expecting to see. I saw some of it, but not most of it.
I think you could play this pre-XC2 just fine, but then, very few of XC2's plot twists actually surprised me, so I'm not sure how many would feel the same. I find Rex a very lacklustre hero compared to Jin, though, so there's that. But then, even during XC2, Jin was my favourite, lol.
Now I feel kind of melancholy. It does really make you want to start up XC2 right away, but I'd have a hard time rooting for anyone but Jin at this point, which makes me think replaying XC2 might actually be kind of torturous, now. Though I was biased that way from the beginning anyway. Not that I was planning to replay right away anyway. I still have loads of blade quests to do in my original (XC2) game.
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Kikki
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Posted: Sep 15, 2018 1:25 pm
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UNoT Extreme Mooomber
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I basically haven't moved in two days from the new temporary meds making me ick in various places, plus the issue they're treating is still acting up, so I didn't have anything else to do. (Well, I could have read or something else that doesn't involve movement, but since I had the game, it seemed a waste not to play it.) I finished at 21 hours because I was starting to feel disconnected from the main story by all the questing and affinity-raising I was doing. I would have needed 25-30 to finish if I had done the last 20-25% of the quests I skipped and maxed everybody out in their affinity charts.
Btw, I don't know if anyone wants to know this, but if you do, here is some technical info about what happens after the end of the game. (No story details, just stuff about save options and so on.)
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Mikodesu
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Posted: Sep 21, 2018 7:21 am
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Crazy Cow Herder
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Still haven't completed Torna - maybe this weekend - but I've thought several times that it's kind of nice that Torna is so short. I'd only recommend playing it first to someone who doesn't have time/energy for an 80 hour RPG - I don't think I'll succeed but I actually have a couple friends I want to play Torna for that reason. Maybe after the fortieth complaint about missing games. It kind of makes me want a developer to work on shorter or more episodic RPGs. As for spoilers I think it spoils a LOT. It depends on how much that matters to an individual, of course, but...
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